“Since our repeated warnings in this regard have been ignored and the situation is developing along the path of the actual emplacement of the US-made ground-launched INF-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, the Russian Foreign Ministry has to state that the conditions for maintaining a unilateral moratorium on the deployment of similar weapons have ceased to exist,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a lengthy statement on Monday.
“The Ministry is authorized to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the relevant previously adopted self-restrictions,” the ministry added.
Russia imposed the moratorium after the U.S. backed out of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in 2019, accusing Moscow of breaching the agreement, which barred both military powers from deploying intermediate-range missiles that have a range of between 310 miles and 3,400 miles.
The announcement came just days after President Trump said the U.S. military was moving two nuclear submarines closer to Russia in response to “highly provocative statements” made by Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president who is currently the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council.
Russia’s move also comes after Trump shortened the deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine and get on a path toward a potential peace agreement.
Trump, who has called for the end of the war in Eastern Europe that has raged for nearly three-and-a-half years, spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, exchanging assessments of the situation on the ground, going over potential sanctions against Russia and joint efforts by European nations to supply Ukraine with more weapons.
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Russia this week for what the president said was the Kremlin’s “last chance” to reach a peace deal before Washington’s sanctions kick into place.
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